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i'm doing this at the request of a bunch of people in gen strat, and because stars was cool enough to make that whole 8-game thing.if a mod wants to merge the "conquering mixed games" thread over here, that would be rad.gl donkeys!i suppose i may as well make myself a challenge, since this is a "challenge" thread, after all:i don't really play on stars much, but wcoop left me with about 300 bucks there, so ima challenge myself to grind it up to at least 6k by the end of the year playing only 8-game. i'll probably devote only about 1 hour a day to this challenge and start at 1/2 (even though this is a bit underrolled, i can move down if i drop to 200 and my winrate should be plenty big enough at 1/2 to have a low ROR).

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i have no idea how to properly play 2-7, but i play HORSE, NLHE, and PLO. can i still play in this thread?
we welcome all people who understand that the cadillac of poker, much like cadillacs in real life, is overhyped. :club:
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I'm getting into HORSE MTT's a bit (mostly cuz I took down a $3.30 horse earlier this week) but I really think I have a good feel for all the games, so I'll definitely try to contribute. I'll probably be showing what not to do, initially... Great Idea OP.

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Because this thread is useless without hand histories, I'll post my favorite 8game hand from earlier today. It may not count as the hand took place during the Cadillac, but whatever. PokerStars Game #20634032965: 8-Game (Hold'em No Limit, $0.25/$0.50) - 2008/09/23 13:56:52 ETTable 'Euphrosyne' 6-max Seat #3 is the buttonSeat 1: petrig ($63.50 in chips) Seat 2: MotorQ ($60.70 in chips) Seat 3: 1incubator1 ($19.10 in chips) Seat 4: AAsnake88 ($49.50 in chips) Seat 5: Haufux ($31.25 in chips) Seat 6: Tdiggity5 ($39.15 in chips) AAsnake88: posts small blind $0.25Haufux: posts big blind $0.50*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to AAsnake88 [Qh Qc]Tdiggity5: folds petrig: folds MotorQ: folds 1incubator1: calls $0.50AAsnake88: raises $1.50 to $2Haufux: calls $1.501incubator1: folds *** FLOP *** [6c 3s 8h]AAsnake88: bets $3.50Haufux: raises $3.50 to $7AAsnake88: raises $40.50 to $47.50 and is all-inHaufux: calls $22.25 and is all-inUncalled bet ($18.25) returned to AAsnake88*** TURN *** [6c 3s 8h] [6d]*** RIVER *** [6c 3s 8h 6d] [Jc]*** SHOW DOWN ***AAsnake88: shows [Qh Qc] (two pair, Queens and Sixes)Haufux: mucks hand AAsnake88 collected $60 from pot*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $63 | Rake $3 Board [6c 3s 8h 6d Jc]Seat 1: petrig folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 2: MotorQ folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 3: 1incubator1 (button) folded before FlopSeat 4: AAsnake88 (small blind) showed [Qh Qc] and won ($60) with two pair, Queens and SixesSeat 5: Haufux (big blind) mucked [2d Kc]Seat 6: Tdiggity5 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

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here's an example of what i was talking about the other day in terms of shlo8, pdiddydog:Poker StarsLimit Omaha Tournament (actually an 8-game tourney)Limit: t200/t4005 playersConverterPre-flop: (5 players) Hero is UTG with 6 :club: 6 :4h 5 :ts 3 :5cHero raises, CO folds, Button calls, 2 folds.Flop: 8 :D 8 :D A :D (5.5SB, 2 players)Hero bets, Button calls.Turn: 5 :3h (3.75BB, 2 players)Hero bets, Button calls.River: K :D (5.75BB, 2 players)Hero bets, Button calls.Results:Final pot: 7.75BB

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1st page....WOOOOT!!!Checky...u may be underrolled for 1/2 to start, but I can promise you it won't matter. The players are HORRRRRRID from what i have seen thus far. Unless you run into a bad NL/PLO run, you should be totally fine.I found the players at 2/4 no better in 8 game.And as we all know...I am a FISH compared to you in all these games and I think I have 9/10 winning sessions fo far playing 8 Game.

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Because this thread is useless without hand histories, I'll post my favorite 8game hand from earlier today. It may not count as the hand took place during the Cadillac, but whatever.PokerStars Game #20634032965: 8-Game (Hold'em No Limit, $0.25/$0.50) - 2008/09/23 13:56:52 ETTable 'Euphrosyne' 6-max Seat #3 is the buttonSeat 1: petrig ($63.50 in chips) Seat 2: MotorQ ($60.70 in chips) Seat 3: 1incubator1 ($19.10 in chips) Seat 4: AAsnake88 ($49.50 in chips) Seat 5: Haufux ($31.25 in chips) Seat 6: Tdiggity5 ($39.15 in chips) AAsnake88: posts small blind $0.25Haufux: posts big blind $0.50*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to AAsnake88 [Qh Qc]Tdiggity5: folds petrig: folds MotorQ: folds 1incubator1: calls $0.50AAsnake88: raises $1.50 to $2Haufux: calls $1.501incubator1: folds *** FLOP *** [6c 3s 8h]AAsnake88: bets $3.50Haufux: raises $3.50 to $7AAsnake88: raises $40.50 to $47.50 and is all-inHaufux: calls $22.25 and is all-inUncalled bet ($18.25) returned to AAsnake88*** TURN *** [6c 3s 8h] [6d]*** RIVER *** [6c 3s 8h 6d] [Jc]*** SHOW DOWN ***AAsnake88: shows [Qh Qc] (two pair, Queens and Sixes)Haufux: mucks hand AAsnake88 collected $60 from pot*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $63 | Rake $3 Board [6c 3s 8h 6d Jc]Seat 1: petrig folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 2: MotorQ folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 3: 1incubator1 (button) folded before FlopSeat 4: AAsnake88 (small blind) showed [Qh Qc] and won ($60) with two pair, Queens and SixesSeat 5: Haufux (big blind) mucked [2d Kc]Seat 6: Tdiggity5 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
ffs, 1st hand is hold em, booo
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1st page....WOOOOT!!!Checky...u may be underrolled for 1/2 to start, but I can promise you it won't matter. The players are HORRRRRRID from what i have seen thus far. Unless you run into a bad NL/PLO run, you should be totally fine.I found the players at 2/4 no better in 8 game.And as we all know...I am a FISH compared to you in all these games and I think I have 9/10 winning sessions fo far playing 8 Game.
yea, i actually have been playing 8/16 and 4/8 a fair bit (i have plenty on other sites--i just wanted to make this a challenge), and i haven't had a losing session yet over my first 8.from what i can tell so far, people play thusly:2-7: so laughably bad it's unrealLHE, NLHE, PLO: hilariously nittystud hi: no one is good at all, but since the game plays so loose, they help each others' station-y mistakes hurt less.stud8: LOLo8: people probably, as a whole, play the best in this game, but sometimes people are completely clueless
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here's an example of what i was talking about the other day in terms of shlo8, pdiddydog:Poker StarsLimit Omaha Tournament (actually an 8-game tourney)Limit: t200/t4005 playersConverterPre-flop: (5 players) Hero is UTG with 6 :club: 6 :4h 5 :ts 3 :5cHero raises, CO folds, Button calls, 2 folds.Flop: 8 :D 8 :D A :D (5.5SB, 2 players)Hero bets, Button calls.Turn: 5 :3h (3.75BB, 2 players)Hero bets, Button calls.River: K :D (5.75BB, 2 players)Hero bets, Button calls.Results:Final pot: 7.75BB
Nice I would have played it the same. Btw I'm railing you and the button is horrendous.
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obv for a huge cl. the bb is such a ginormous donkey that i'm just limping my sbs and playing postflop.PokerStars Game #20637495369: Tournament #109328097, $10+$1 8-Game (Omaha Pot Limit) - Level XXIV (75/150) - 2008/09/23 16:10:44 ETTable '109328097 11' 6-max Seat #1 is the buttonSeat 1: dentistpeter (13525 in chips) Seat 2: checkymcfold (11878 in chips) Seat 3: St3phenHendr (6051 in chips) Seat 5: Wolfe4Heismn (2696 in chips) Seat 6: toxic7 (3542 in chips) checkymcfold: posts small blind 75St3phenHendr: posts big blind 150*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to checkymcfold [4s Ad Kc 6d]Wolfe4Heismn: folds toxic7: folds dentistpeter: folds checkymcfold: calls 75St3phenHendr: checks *** FLOP *** [7h Kd 3d]checkymcfold: bets 300St3phenHendr: raises 900 to 1200checkymcfold: raises 2700 to 3900St3phenHendr: raises 2001 to 5901 and is all-incheckymcfold: calls 2001*** TURN *** [7h Kd 3d] [8c]*** RIVER *** [7h Kd 3d 8c] [Jh]*** SHOW DOWN ***checkymcfold: shows [4s Ad Kc 6d] (a pair of Kings)St3phenHendr: shows [Ks 3c Jd 4d] (two pair, Kings and Jacks)St3phenHendr collected 12102 from pot*** SUMMARY ***Total pot 12102 | Rake 0 Board [7h Kd 3d 8c Jh]Seat 1: dentistpeter (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 2: checkymcfold (small blind) showed [4s Ad Kc 6d] and lost with a pair of KingsSeat 3: St3phenHendr (big blind) showed [Ks 3c Jd 4d] and won (12102) with two pair, Kings and JacksSeat 5: Wolfe4Heismn folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 6: toxic7 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

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Don't you love when you start a legit thread and the first 6 posts are completely worthless? That's the one reason I was initially reluctant to move the thread over here.In any case, I'm focusing mainly on the $3 8-Game SnGs since they are so soft but I'm experimenting with some cash 2-7 and Stud/Stud-8 to improve my play at those games. So far it's looking like the 8-Game SnGs are going to be great roll builders.

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